Here are 8 tools to help marketers organize, manage, and measure the content they are creating.

Dashdot's insight:

cms is really outdated thing to sell right now nimble content cant be put in one place and pretend it is living just there <<

Blogging workflow tools: Focused on editorial project management and search engine optimization.Content workflow tools: Designed to help shepherd content projects from start to finish.Content workflow tools combined with writer networks: Built to support the end-to-end content development process while providing access to a network of writers, if needed.

Email The Register Of Ecommerce Email out performed all other channels when I was an Ecom director. Email contributed more margin to the bottom line and was the cash register of other "lost leader" channels such as PPC.

Email also creates important diversification. People on YOUR list put you in control at least as far as you don't irritate or spam. If more than a tiny group on your list complains you are marketing insensitive to their needs (spamming in other words) and your ISP will black ball your website and it can be hellish to get off.

Email As Mobile Life Curator Email marketing is not without its new challenges. Batch and blast the same message means conversion will go down as spam complaints go up. Email's role is changing with the dominance of smart phones.

Smart phones and pads are the easiest way to manage emails. Email deletion is easiest on mobile and mobile fills up the free time of waiting in lines and sitting on the subway. Wonder why your open rates are going DOWN? A: Smart phones.

All of this means you need personas and segments AND responsive emails in your email marketing these days. You MUST create relevant messages. Use personas, fully articulated archetypes for between 3 and 7 "super groups" within your list.

Know what segments within your list such as "multi-buyers" or VIPs are the most profitable. Combine personas, which THEY ARE with your financial segments what THEY MEAN to you to create campaigns that will appeal to THEM and make money for YOU.

Email Marketing In Mobile World Tips * Subject Line is beyond important.

* Create responsive email (email must look great on all devices).

* Use PERSONAS and SEGMENTS together.

* Tell STORIES over TIME.

* Curate User Generated Content INTO your email marketing.

* Count and trend unopens as a NO.

* Create & Trend new KPIs such as $ / sent, $ / opens.

* Keep emails OFF your website (dupe content and hurt heuristics).

This last bullet needs some explanation. Your email marketing needs a "can't see this email view it here" link, but keep your creative in a NON-SPIDERED folder.

Allowing your emails to get spidered can cause duplicate content problems and the heuristics of your emails don't help since, if you are creating great Call To Action emails, your audience will not spend much time on your emails as they are simply attention getter pass through to points of conversion.

Great context for content... Should traditional publishers tap into the potential of creating brand-sponsored content in-house, or will it ruin their editorial credibility? In the March 21 Forrester report on “How To Build Your Brand With Branded Content,” principal analyst Tracy Stokes, who created the report along with David M. Cooperstein and Alexandra Hayes, noted that in today’s connected world, “traditional marketing vehicles” are increasingly ineffective in capturing consumers’ attention and keeping them engaged. Marketers, according to the report, should use “branded content to build the trusted, remarkable, unmistakable, and essential brand that will drive success.”...

I am often asked which industries offer the best potential for application of a Big Data solution. Here is an excellent visualization on opportunities for Big Data across several industries prepared by Brett Sheppard based on Gartner Intelligence.

Brand publishers and media companies are doing the same thing: Seeking audience that leads to subscription. Learn what challenges and opportunities face both.

Dashdot's insight:

There is a big opportunity for publishers to provide an audience for brands, whether it’s through custom content programs or native advertising and sponsored content deals. Brands want to leverage the trust and loyalty readers have for media companies and transfer some of that goodwill to their brand.

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FormulaSpecific end result or benefit customer got + Specific Period of time + Accompanied Feeling + The Persons Name With Their Stats

Example“I’ve saved $200 per month alone in file folder savings. It took 3 days to get implemented, and I recruited my first agent in the first month as a result. I can now be home with my baby son and review files. The freedom is incredible. – Robb Campbell Top 10 RE/MAXIn The World 200+ Agents”

General Rule - I try to live by the billboard 7-word rule. Sometimes I stretch headlines to 10 or 11 words and those titles rarely work as well as the short, sharp ones.

Here are 5 Secrets To Create Great Headlines.

Tip 1 Use Clichés Clichés are sticky, that's why we remember them. When you turn a cliché upside down your readers will be hooked and want to untangle it. Using clichés is what the Heath brothers mean when they say sell the unknown from the known in their excellent book Made To Stick.

The second example shows another little trick. Sometimes I use a cliche in a way that doesn't make sense. Leave a little mystery in your headlines because the role of the headline is to convert browsers to readers.

Tip 2 Shock A Little

Shock and surprise work great, but cross the line between shock for good and just making people mad and you can lose readers. I like to combine this tip with Tip 3 Use Humor.

Example Shock A Naked Woman, An iPhone, A Bar, What's Your Question? Does Google Still Matter?

Shock can come from out of place contrasts (naked women in bars is not usual) or an early statement many may be thinking but no one has articulated in a succinct way yet. If your headline is better you might wind more social shares on content you curate from others. If your headlie creates a new readership be sure to credit your source.

Tip 3 Steal From Great Authors and Popular Culture I like to lift or rework pop culture or well-known literature. Shakespeare played an important role in our education, so I riff of William frequently.

Example Shakespeare Out Damned Spot Twitter Says To Pinterest (Macbeth) To Be Or Not To Be Is The Question For Facebook (Hamlet)

I flag beautiful phrases with an eye toward mashing the author's hard work into a headline when I read.

Tip 4 Ask And Then Answer A Question When you read a question your mind begins answering. I have two variations of the Q&A headline. One is ask and then answer the other is ask and leave open.

Example Q&A Is Content Marketing The New SEO? A: YES Is Content Marketing The New SEO?

I answer when I'm looking to reinforce authority. I leave open when mystery might prompt the click better pure judgment call.

Tip 5 Create Alliteration Or Rhymes & Use Numbers Words that have the same sound can create authority, cohesion and plant a good "should read this" hook. I mashed this tip up a bit to include several common headline elements. I do mash alliteration, rhymes and numbers sometimes.

That is an excellent article about how cool products in poorly designed booths were ignored at this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Trade Shows are DARWINIAN. Seth Godin had a great explanation for why you buy more booth space than you can afford - because of how it LOOKS.

Design is only HALF the disruption. The other half comes from having the courage to spend money without being able to fully know if there is ROI. One thing the people in empty booths know is it is better to be busy.

2. Whirlpool Teaches To Disrupt In the same article is a great example of an old brand that gets it. Whirlpool didn't just recreate their graphics they explained their process. Read the great book HOW: Why How You Do Anything Means Everything by Dov Seidman.

Dov explains that in a fast, flat, connected time the only unique thing your company or brand truly "owns" is your business processes. Teaching is an exciting way to disrupt, but never ONLY teach. Make sure you are listening too (see #3).

3. Listen To Disrupt Scoop.it Learns FAST I love Scoop.it. Two upgrades ago Scoop.it removed some beloved and ingenious features. I led a little revolt complaining about not being included. First victory was how well Guillaume and his team listened and how quickly they pivoted returning our lost features. All was good and then it was time for the next big change.

This time Scoop.it released their changes to a handful of advocates and loyal Scoop.it users. The Scoop.it team listened so well they changed on the fly AND changed their roll out process. Well done Scoop.it and that are listening to disrupt.

4. Gold Miners Use UGC & Wisdom of Crowds To Disrupt

Canada's GoldCorp did the unthinkable in the gold mining business when they made normally secret data with the world. The result? GoldCorp is now Canada's largest mining company after crowd wisdom tuned their data to find more than $3B in "new gold" with very low exploration costs. More than simply applying new eyes GoldCorp's contest prompted creation of new visualizations and content (User Generated Content) showing where and why there was gold in previously un-mined belts.

5. NewsJack The Media To Disrupt

Read David Meerman Scott's New Rules of Marketing and PR and NewsJacking to learn how to play your marketing on top of trends brewing in the media. My favorite example is the casino that garnered millions in free PR when they banned bad girl Lindsay Lohan from their casino.

Sharing your scoops to your social media accounts is a must to distribute your curated content. Not only will it drive traffic and leads through your content, but it will help show your expertise with your followers.

Integrating your curated content to your website or blog will allow you to increase your website visitors’ engagement, boost SEO and acquire new visitors. By redirecting your social media traffic to your website, Scoop.it will also help you generate more qualified traffic and leads from your curation work.

Distributing your curated content through a newsletter is a great way to nurture and engage your email subscribers will developing your traffic and visibility.
Creating engaging newsletters with your curated content is really easy.